Translation elongation and recoding in eukaryotes

TE Dever, JD Dinman, R Green - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
In this review, we highlight the current understanding of translation elongation and recoding
in eukaryotes. In addition to providing an overview of the process, recent advances in our …

Targeting mRNA processing as an anticancer strategy

J Desterro, P Bak-Gordon… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Discoveries in the past decade have highlighted the potential of mRNA as a therapeutic
target for cancer. Specifically, RNA sequencing revealed that, in addition to gene mutations …

Recent advances in methylation: a guide for selecting methylation reagents

Y Chen - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Methylation is a well‐known structural modification in organic and medicinal chemistry. This
review summarizes recent advances in methylation by categorizing specific methylation …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of RNA as a therapeutic target for small molecules

CM Connelly, MH Moon, JS Schneekloth - Cell chemical biology, 2016 - cell.com
Recent advances in understanding different RNAs and unique features of their biology have
revealed a wealth of information. However, approaches to identify small molecules that …

Ribosomal frameshifting and transcriptional slippage: From genetic steganography and cryptography to adventitious use

JF Atkins, G Loughran, PR Bhatt, AE Firth… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genetic decoding is not 'frozen'as was earlier thought, but dynamic. One facet of this is
frameshifting that often results in synthesis of a C-terminal region encoded by a new frame …

The Deuterated “Magic Methyl” Group: A Guide to Site‐Selective Trideuteromethyl Incorporation and Labeling by Using CD3 Reagents

J Steverlynck, R Sitdikov… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the field of medicinal chemistry, the precise installation of a trideuteromethyl group is
gaining ever‐increasing attention. Site‐selective incorporation of the deuterated “magic …

Anti-frameshifting ligand active against SARS coronavirus-2 is resistant to natural mutations of the frameshift-stimulatory pseudoknot

K Neupane, S Munshi, M Zhao, DB Ritchie… - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 uses− 1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (− 1 PRF) to control
expression of key viral proteins. Because modulating− 1 PRF can attenuate the virus …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules targeting viral RNA

G Mathez, V Cagno - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The majority of antivirals available target viral proteins; however, RNA is emerging as a new
and promising antiviral target due to the presence of highly structured RNA in viral genomes …

Targeting Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus by Chemical Inhibition of the Accessory Gene Regulator System In Vivo

AM Salam, CL Quave - MSphere, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) presents one of the most serious health
concerns worldwide. The WHO labeled it as a “high-priority” pathogen in 2017, also citing …

Insights into the development of chemical probes for RNA

BS Morgan, JE Forte, AE Hargrove - Nucleic Acids Research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Over the past decade, the RNA revolution has revealed thousands of non-coding RNAs that
are essential for cellular regulation and are misregulated in disease. While the development …